I write short stories myself and this class teaches me writing can be not fun at all and extremely subjective. Popham will change the theme of your paper and tell you sentence by sentence what SHE wants in there but not what YOU want.

One person out of the whole class gets A. If you want to torture yourself just go take it and spend more than 10 hours a week and pray for a "B and above".

This class sucks, crazy amount of work.

Frankly speaking, Professor Popham is a very professional and helpful instructor. Clarity, Helpfulness are perfect. HOWEVER, the grading in this class is a disaster. You might work very very hard through a paper and finally got C just because she does not approve of your idea...... The workload, according to my fellows, is crazy, but I found okay. (Still might have much heavier workload than your major course.) In fact, you do have to do 2-3 small writing assignments per week so if you hate ddls, this class might drive you mad. THE WORST PART of this class is the A rate......I heard that only one among every class (20 members) can get an A......So try not to take Dr.Popham's EC3 if you have any other option. If not, and you are not that good at writing, change to PNP (available during covid19) as soon as possible, never try to gamble....Otherwise you will screw up your grades and gpa.

The workload of this EC3 is insane. Most of my other friends who took EC3 only needed to write 3 papers and a few journals, but I had to complete 3 papers (keep revising them until the end of the course), a quotation journal, a reflection journal, a writing log and many other writing in-class writing works.
But if you follow what Dr. Popham's comments, ask her questions after class or through emails (she replied really quickly), you will be fine.

This class was the worst English class I have ever taken. The genres of essays she had us write were not useful or engaging, and she changes your thesis to exactly what she wants it to be, even though her thesis for one of my essays was unbelievably bad. She is not lenient, gives a ridiculous amount of busy work, and ultimately, I became a worse writer because of her class. If you don't revise your essays 3 times you will probably get below a B, and she gives so much busy work that you don't even have time to revise them. Literally take any other professor if you want to keep your sanity.

If you're looking to take this class to fill your Writing 1 requirement, STAY AWAY. Grades ridiculously harshly.

You would learn some formatting in this class, but I don't think you would actually improve your writings. Sometimes you need to cater to Dr. Popham's taste. The workload is relatively heavy compared to other classes. If you are looking for an A, definitely would not recommend this class.

DO NOT TAKE: TERRIBLE PROFESSOR

Dr Popham is a very nice woman but her class is unnecessarily difficult. It's basically a high school class with loads of mindless busy work. I signed up late and hers was the only section open--for good reason. Do yourself a favor and take this class if you have to with anyone else but her.

SHE IS THE WORST ENG COMP 2 PROFESSOR YOU CAN TAKE. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS! I REPEAT, DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS.
Her course load is extraordinarily high for an Eng Comp 2 class; a class that is supposed to get you prepared for Eng Comp 3, not to kill yourself. Her grading scheme is also extraordinarily harsh. I would not recommend taking her ever. Only take her if want kill yourself and your GPA